Spotify wants you to pay up for lyrics | TechCrunch Minute

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May 3, 2024

Spotify is quietly moving its lyrics feature behind a paywall to get free subscribers to move to a paid tier. Will people be motivated to pay a monthly fee to get access to lyrics which they can search online for free? Time will tell. What this does tell us is Spotify is trying to entice users to pay for the products that differentiate them from Apple Music. With largely the same music catalog, Spotify coaxes users to their platform through features like exclusive podcasts, audiobooks, the Spotify Wrapped, and now access to lyrics.

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19 Comments

@angelollanos7451

May 3, 2024 at 12:36 pm

I’m so done with Spotify now after hearing this garbage. After this I’m cancelling Spotify for good this time.

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@goldyjh

May 3, 2024 at 1:29 pm

yea im never giving spotify any of my money ever again, why bother removing a free feature you can do anywhere else, its so stupid, very scummy move

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@CrownPointeChroma

May 4, 2024 at 12:37 am

#stopspotifylyricspaywall

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@hatonpoint

May 4, 2024 at 1:28 am

gonna switch to Apple Music now????‍♀

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@amaraplays2489

May 4, 2024 at 6:17 am

How to drive people away from your app 101 ????????

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@Solacii

May 4, 2024 at 9:45 am

Mother Truvckerss!!!! next they will ask you to pay for opening the frickin app!ufw u hfer

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@mimzrzz

May 4, 2024 at 10:05 am

if spotify keeps having these ass updates people are gonna start deleting the app

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@ItzTheRealMee

May 4, 2024 at 10:06 am

#gofuckyourselfspotify

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@user-uz3qp9vu6e

May 4, 2024 at 10:36 am

hint-spicify exists
free lyrics and ad blocker on pc

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- @Ved4n1
  
  May 4, 2024 at 11:29 am
  
  which extension shows lyrics?
  
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- @malitooo1996
  
  May 4, 2024 at 5:12 pm
  
  @@Ved4n1 yeah i cant find it either
  
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@fireschoolbus

May 5, 2024 at 6:39 am

What a disgrace to us Spotify has unsatisfied me

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@notzaggie

May 5, 2024 at 10:42 am

can we all just switch to youtube music? absolutely disgusting

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@Graphical_GaMeR_BG

May 6, 2024 at 12:05 am

Anybody answer this:

Into which music streaming app we switch?
I dont even think about apple music because im a student????

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- @mercurylmfao
  
  May 6, 2024 at 1:13 am
  
  soundcloud
  
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- @Graphical_GaMeR_BG
  
  May 6, 2024 at 1:36 am
  
  @@mercurylmfao bro SoundCloud doesn’t have significance in india,because so much songs are missing there
  
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- @Anco
  
  May 6, 2024 at 9:25 am
  
  Host your own, because the services that exist will only get worse
  
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@plaggomg22yt

May 6, 2024 at 8:11 am

#SpotifyIsGreedy

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@FlexForRankerOrNotARanker

May 6, 2024 at 9:44 am

Screw Spotify,imma use youtube music!

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